URI oceanographers among scientists looking to the ocean to improve satellite data

For the next three years, researchers from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, the University of Rhode Island and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will look into the ocean to help improve the quality of data collected by satellites more than 500 miles above.

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URI oceanographers explore world’s oceans to better understand underwater volcanoes, microscopic life, Arctic winds

Scientists from GSO spent weeks at sea last summer on research expeditions designed to gain a better understanding of underwater volcanoes, microscopic life and Arctic winds.

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URI scientists to deploy Narragansett Bay Observatory for monitoring health of changing bay

Oceanographers, engineers and other marine scientists from URI are preparing to deploy an array of instruments in Narragansett Bay to monitor and predict the Bay’s health in the face of environmental changes.

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New analysis reveals ocean trawling’s global footprint smaller than earlier estimates

Bottom trawl fishing occurs on just 14 percent of the seafloor along continental shelves and slopes according to a new global analysis resulting from research by nearly five dozen scientists including GSO professor Jeremy Collie.

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